Chub Lake Tree Farm Ready For Holidays

Busiest Weekend Coming After Thanksgiving

Chub Lake Tree Farm is getting in the holiday spirit just like everyone else but for them it is also the busiest time of the year.

This is the time where the trees they’ve been growing for 10 to 15 years will be going to new homes for the holiday season.

Jim and Bev’s customers don’t wait until the last minute to come out and pick their Christmas tree either.

“Customers start coming generally Thanksgiving weekend and those trees will be up at least if they want through Valentine’s day,” said Jim Whorton.

Most of the couples business comes from people who have done this a time or two.

“Our customers are generally over and over customers. Some of them are even second and third generation of people if you can believe it. They came out here and were pulled on sleds now they have children of their own pulling them on sleds,” said Jim Whorton.

The farm sells two different species of tree and they vary from big to small, but Christmas trees isn’t the only thing that they do here.

Bev Whorton also re purposes some of the tree branches that would have gone to waste to make wreaths.

“It got to a point where we hated to see all those bowels just burn, that’s what you do with them after the end of the season. We thought why can’t we do this ourselves, so that’s what we did, we started making them ourselves,” Bev Whorton.

Through the busy holiday season Bev and Jim have also found time to give back. In 2008 they became a pick up spot for trees for troops. They donate trees that are then sent to families who have loved ones overseas.

“We got two emails last year from two different women whose husbands were overseas and they sent pictures of the tree decorated so that was really nice,” said Bev Whorton.

This will be the eleventh year the couple has participated in trees for troops. Tfhey have provided almost 800 trees to date.

Chub Lake Tree Farm is open every day from ten to dark for those in need of a Christmas tree this year.